How to Apply

What to do

A complete application (including both online and mailed portions) submitted with the $200 non-refundable deposit per session will hold your child’s place until May 1st. After May 1st, the remaining payment is due. There is a discount for all applications paid in full before April 1st.

After completing the online Application Form, submit the following items via email or in a sealed envelope to our mailing address.

A current and clear photo of your child (approx. 2” x 3”)

The Behavior Expectation Contract signed by both parent and child

A recent Immunization Record of your child from the doctor’s office

The Teacher Recommendation Form

Payment in full or non-refundable deposit, via PayPal, money order or check (Make checks payable to Inquiring Minds)

Note: If any of the above materials are absent or incomplete (such as a missing signature on the Behavior Expectation Form or a picture that makes your child unidentifiable), the application will be considered incomplete and cannot be processed.

Submit by email

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Notification of Acceptance

You will be notified of your child’s acceptance via email if and only if your child’s application is complete. Students are accepted and assigned classes on a first-come-first-served basis. Applications are processed once a week and prioritized by arrival date or postmark.

Information Packets will be emailed approximately 10 days before the session begins. They contain:

A letter from the Director, including Orientation information.

Maps to and of the facility.

Your child’s individual schedule, listing their classes.

A list of teachers and room numbers.

A list of students attending each session with contact information (if your family has elected to share).

We understand that your child will be eager to learn his or her schedule as soon as possible, but please be patient. Final scheduling decisions will not be made until after the end of the regular registration period and will not be distributed until Information Packets are released.

PLACEMENT

Students as assigned to three classes according to the choices he or she has listed on the Online Application Form. We place as many students as possible in their top choices, but because all classes must be put into three time slots it is inevitable that some will conflict with others. In addition, we need to have enough students sign up for a class in order to hold it and create a good social experience for each child. This is why we ask for five choices even from the earliest applicants. Most often students are assigned to classes in double grade groupings, for example, grades 2 and 3 together, depending on the number of students registered in each grade.

Late Application

After the regular Application deadlines, we will accept late applications if openings are available.Late applications should include:

A complete application, including all online and mailed portions.

Payment in full (Late applications do not have the option of submitting deposits).